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An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says that the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the agency has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs — The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
More: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Decrypt, TechCrunch, The Hill, Unchained, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, The Block, Unchained, Washington Post, Decrypt, Bitcoin News, Newser, Gizmodo, The Crypto Basic, Cybernews.com, Bloomberg, Mashable, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptonews, CoinGape, PCMag, The Record, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, The Information, The Daily Hodl, The Register, Wired, BleepingComputer, CryptoSlate, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, and CNBC
Threads: @pkedrosky. X: @garygensler, @secgov, @senatorhagerty, @cgasparino, @senlummis, @elonmusk, @twobitidiot, @jespow, @jbsdc, @ryansadams, @lopp, @herminewong_xyz, @ohaiom, @tomhschmidt, @prestonjbyrne, @repannwagner, @dystopiabreaker, @tree_of_alpha, @beeple, @0xmert_, @bonecondor, @mcshane_writes, @krakenfx, @autismcapital, @ntmoney, @bushidotoken, @racheltobac, @johnedeaton1, @jimstewartson, @alexeiarora, @davidsacks, @bitfinexed, @darky999, @dancow, @udiwertheimer, @stevenkelly49, @lopp, @leonidasnft, @chiweethedog, @hdevalence, @dystopiabreaker, @stevenkelly49, @williamturton, @tyler, @bgarlinghouse, @eric_bigfund, @gaborgurbacs, @denniskelleher, @rephuizenga, @greg16676935420, @taylorbuley, @coinbase, @danprimack, @jseyff, @theflowhorse, @packym, and @robinwigg. Forums: Hacker News
| CNBC: |
X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X's systems” and that the account didn't have 2FA enabled — - X said late Tuesday it has completed a preliminary probe into the compromised account of the U.S. Securities …
Source: @safety. More: CyberScoop, Cointelegraph, Associated Press, Gizmodo, NBC 7 San Diego, Cryptonews, The Crypto Basic, CoinDesk, and The Block
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitch could cut ~500 employees, or ~35% of its staff, as soon as January 10, after concerns over company losses and several top executives leaving — Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year. — Amazon.com Inc.'s livestreaming site Twitch is poised …
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Business Post, PhoneArena, PC Gamer, SiliconANGLE, Dexerto, Aftermath, TheGamer, Livemint, Business Today, Tech in Asia, The Information, Push Square, IGN, Digital Trends, and The Messenger
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY — - Recovery among chip makers may be uneven as demand returns — Global chip sales rose for the first time in more than a year …
More: Tech in Asia
| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets — The union announced the deal with Replica Studios on Tuesday at CES in Las Vegas. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union's executive director …
More: SAG-AFTRA, gamedeveloper, The Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, IGN, GamesHub, CNET, Deadline, Cryptopolitan, Game Rant, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Shacknews, NBC News, Decrypt, GamesIndustry.biz, Axios, Bloomberg, Engadget, and Deadline
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Source: Humane laid off 10 staff, or 4% of its workforce, to cut costs and plans to lower budgets in 2024, as the company reshuffles some executive positions — Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
HPE plans to acquire networking gear maker Juniper Networks for about $14B, or $40 per share, in an all-cash deal; JNPR jumps 21%+ — Hewlett Packard Enterprise said it's agreed to buy networking gear vendor Juniper Networks for about $14 billion, or $40 per share, in an all-cash deal.| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing experience — Apple has AirDrop. Android now has Quick Share. — At CES 2024 today, Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration …
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X: @mishaalrahman, @sondesix, and @mishaalrahman
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total — Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and Oprah have been cloned by AI for scam ads that, in total …
More: New York Times, New York Daily News, and The Messenger
Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange, @takosix@famichiki.jp, and @peter@thepit.social. X: @jason_koebler
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March 2024 — The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
More: The Verge, ZDNet, AppleInsider, Business Wire, Android Authority, Engadget, TechRadar, iThinkDifferent, The Bondi Blog, Liliputing, TechSpot, The Decoder, TechCrunch, and 9to5Google
Threads: @reckless1280. X: @rabbit_hmi, @rabbit_hmi, @ostynhyss, @maxkordek, @scottbelsky, @dangrover, @ctjlewis, @peer_rich, @nickfloats, @jsngr, @8teapi, @nickadobos, @amasad, @edzitron, @mahyarm8, @jetscott, @doganuraldesign, @raywongy, @holdenmatt, @ianzelbo, @scobleizer, @levelsio, @linusekenstam, @gfodor, @stevemoser, @simonw, and @rabovitz
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC plans to shut down the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as the GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding … | Kat Bailey / IGN: |
Valve's Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content — New survey update will ask developers to disclose how their games use generative AI.| Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press: |
A US federal judge temporarily halts the enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps.| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs — Intel Corp. is making an ambitious play for the automotive sector with the launch of specialist versions of its newest, artificial intelligence-enabled chips.| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
Pennsylvania becomes the first US state to use ChatGPT Enterprise in a pilot with OpenAI, in which state employees will use AI tools for daily operations — State employees in Pennsylvania will begin using ChatGPT to assist with their work in the coming weeks.
More: Governor Josh Shapiro, GovTech, Analytics India Magazine, and The Verge
| Adam D'Angelo / Quora: |
Quora raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz and plans to accelerate the growth of Poe and pay bot creators through its creator monetization program — We are excited to announce that we have raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz. This funding will be used to accelerate the growth of Poe …
More: Andreessen Horowitz, TechCrunch, and Analytics India Magazine
X: @adamdangelo, @rakeshlobster, @ednewtonrex, and @martyswant
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany's Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details — Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Tuesday said that it has reached a $1 billion deal with Germany's Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE) … | Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Meituan's market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business — - Chinese food delivery giant Meituan lost about $82 billion in market cap in 2023 from its yearly high, according to CNBC calculations.| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman — They are building up protections and share classes after watching OpenAI saga play out — There's a new task on the 2024 to-do list for founders … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Apple pulls Binance, Kraken, Mexc, KuCoin, and four other crypto exchanges from the App Store in India, after they were flagged for operating “illegally” — Apps of as many as eight crypto exchanges including Binance, Kraken, Mexc and Kucoin have disappeared from Apple's App Store in India …
More: CoinDesk, Benzinga, Crypto Daily, Moneycontrol, CoinGape, and Watcher Guru
| Bloomberg: |
Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time — - Saudi Arabia dominates tech scene with 52% share of funding — Overall regional funding drops 23% amid shifting landscape| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
In a first, the US FTC bans data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling phone location data and orders the company to delete all collected data — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, Politico, Pixel Envy, BleepingComputer, and The Record
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru-based cloud security provider PingSafe, sources say at a $100M+ valuation; PingSafe had raised ~$3.3M from Peak XV and others — SentinelOne's deal to acquire PingSafe values the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar …
More: Times of India, Moneycontrol, Pingsafe Blog, Inc42 Media, and Entrackr
| Financial Times: |
Demis Hassabis, chief of DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, believes the company would halve drug discovery times after inking deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis — Chief of Google's AI unit and Isomorphic Labs spells out targets following $3bn Eli Lilly-Novartis partnerships
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